How To make Christmas Cake West Indian Style
***Fruit Mixture*** 1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
1/2 cup candied cherries
1/2 cup candied citrus peel
1 cup mixed dried fruit
1 cup rum
1 cup sweet sherry
or port wine ***Cake*** 1/2 pound butter
at room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
2 1/2 teaspoons lemon essence
2 1/2 teaspoons almond essence
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/4 cup brown food coloring :
up to 1/2 cup
1/2 cup rum
Additional rum for basting during storage
Fruit Mixture: Mix together all the ingredients and store in a tightly sealed jar for at least 1 month
The Cake: Prepare a 10" deep round cake baking tin or a 13" x 9" baking tin by lining it with two layers of waxed paper, greasing between the layers. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until they are light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift the flour, baking powder and all the dry spices together. Add the lemon essence, almond essence and vanilla essence to the fruit mixture. By hand, stir tablespoonsful of the flour mixture and the fruit mixture alternately into the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Add the browning gradually, stirring until a deepish brown colour is reached. Turn the cake mixture into the baking tin, smooth the top and bake in the oven for 3-4 hours or until a skewer or wooden toothpick, inserted, comes out clean. This can take an additional hour or two. Remove the cake from the oven, prick it all over with a skewer or toothpick and pour the rum all over it. Remove the cake from the tin when it is cool, wrap it tightly in waxed paper, place it in an airtight container and leave for a month for best flavour. Every week, prick the cake with a skewer and pour on about 1 tablespoon of rum. (Makes one 5 pound cake. )
Serve with Hard Rum Sauce.
Full recipe name is Laurel-Ann's Wedding Cake or Christmas Cake West Indian Style
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Ingredients:
1 lb butter at room temperature
1 dozen eggs
2 cups brown sugar
2 ½ cups self-rising cake flour
¼ cup molasses
Juice from ½ lemon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp vanilla essence
1 Tbsp almond essence
¼ cup browning
1 lb dried fruit mixture (prunes, raisins, currents, candied fruits) - *4 cups of ground fruit
2 cups Port wine
2 cups rum
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Caribbean Black cake/rum/fruit cake/Christmas fruit cake/Guyanese black fruitcake
This cake is very popular in the Caribbean during the holidays. It's bold, rich, flavorful and moist.You can adjust this recipe according to your preference.Let this just be a guide and choose your level of denseness by adding more or less fruits. You can adjust your choice of alcohol and color. Most of all don't worry about perfection. Bake from the heart with love, your family will enjoy it. Happy Holidays!!
Ingredients:
For the soaked Dried Fruits:
1 cup currants
1 cup prunes
3/4 cup dates
3/4 cup cranberries
3/4 cup cherries
1/2 cup rasins
3/4 cup white rum ( you can use any of choice)
3/4 cup sweet red wine
Additional 1/4 cup to add to the blended mixture
Blend ( I used a food processor on low pulse) all the dried fruits with the wine and rum. After blending add additional 1/4 cup of wine, add 1 cinnamon stick and store in a glass container and keep at least 1 week before using.
Ingredients for cake:
1 and 3/4 cup all purpose flour
3 cups of soaked blended fruits
1 cup unsalted butter
4 eggs
1 and 2 TBS brown sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1and 1/2 TBS vanilla essence
3 TBS browning
zest of 1 lime or lemon
Preheat oven at 180 degree F and place water bath at the bottom rack of the oven.Right before placing cake to bake lower temp to 275degree F and bake for 1 and 1/2 to 2 hrs. Do toothpick test by inserting a toothpick and it should come out clean then you will know it is finished baking.
After baking add 1/2 cup of red sweet wine or combination of wine and rum or Brandy( Your choice) I only used the sweet red wine.Ater 10 mins resoaked with another 1/4 cup.Let it cool completely before cutting. You can also let it rest overnight and saturate as needed with wine.
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